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400+ entrants in our 2026 wine writing competition
Great pairings – so many to choose from! A big thank you to all from Team JR. This year’s wine writing competition has broken all records, with more than 400...
Jancis Robinson
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Our 2026 wine writing competition
23 June 2026 New prizes added to enhance the winners’ wine-drinking pleasure. 18 June 2026 Prizes announced! Académie du Vin Library, the sponsor of the 2026 wine writing competition, has...
Julian Leidy
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Applications are invited for the annual Young Wine Writer Award competition, open to all ambitious UK-based under 30 year olds...
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There are just three more weeks for applications for the Geoffrey Roberts Award 2010 , a £3,000/$4,500 travel grant in...
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Paul O'Doherty is a journalist living in Dublin. He has a books programme, Bookbound, that goes out on Dublin City...
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Paul O'Doherty is a journalist living in Dublin. He has a books programme, Bookbound, that goes out on Dublin City...
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Paul O'Doherty is a journalist living in Dublin. He has a books programme, Bookbound, that goes out on Dublin City...
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19 Feb - See the answer here. 4 Jan – If last weekend's Journal is truly indicative, the answer to...
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Paul O'Doherty is a journalist living in Dublin. He has a books programme, Bookbound, that goes out on Dublin City...
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Now that the Glenfiddich Awards for food and drink communicators are no more, the André Simon Food and Drink book...
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Earlier this year in Sydney I was asked to deliver the 2009 Wine Communicators of Australia Lecture. I opted for...
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29 Jun 2011: For a good example of the kind of dilemma wine writers have to face, see Chutzpah on...
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Forgive my obsession with the subject of wine writers. It is perhaps at least understandable since I am one. I...
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A week ago, in Wine books shrivel, I passed on the results of this year's André Simon Awards for food...
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See also England 0, Belgium 1. Drinks book publishing is in a parlous state if this year’s André Simon Awards...
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When I was very young and had been writing about wine for only a few months, I was summoned to...
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You will see that at least two purple pagers were able to draw our attention to their own books, which...
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Yesterday in 2008 wine books Part 1 we recommended some books out this year that try to introduce newcomers to...
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